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Inheritance	By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto > Threesomes/Moresomes Views: 34057 -:- Recommendations : 3 -:- Currently Reading : 9
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Chapter List
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Naruto met them at the cave entrance, frowning at the sight of the one with them "why is HE here?!"

Kiba growled, about to open his mouth when Kumara motioned it away "he insisted. What is this?"

Naruto stared at Kiba for a few long seconds then sighed. He held out a mask to the Inuzuka and Kage "here, you'll need these to get through the tunnels."

When Kiba glared at it and went to deny having to use it, Naruto glared at him "we didn't ask you to come, you're here of your own will. Do you want to embarrass yourself by puking everywhere. By coughing so hard you collapse? The tunnels are filled with gas, man-made gas. KUMARA is immune, YOU are human." He knelt in front of Akamaru "I'm sorry but I don't have a mask for you. If I had of known you were coming I could have done something for you...."

The white dog whined and licked his face, as if accepting the apology and comforting him. Naruto frowned "do you want to stay here, you can guard the entrance with Maru" he looked at the other dog who had positioned himself at the right of the cave entrance like a guard "or maybe....."

Akamaru woofed softly then took up position on the opposite side to his sire, glancing at Kiba, his sire, then stood on alert.

"What the...!!??" Kiba cursed, about to move or react when Naruto grabbed his arm "leave him. This will give him a chance to bond properly with his sire, without anyone around to see. Besides, they can't join us inside. It's why Kushina isn't here."

"Why not!?" Kiba looked frustrated.

"One-as I said, I don't have masks for them. Two-they wouldn't be much help anyway."

Kiba's eyes narrowed on him "why not?"

Naruto sighed heavily and closed his eyes before speaking "Kiba, how much more sensitive are an dogs senses compared to a human? If the gas inside here would make a human cough so hard they collapse andor puke, what will it do to someone like HIM? Sure if he was still small you could probably hide him in your coat until we get there, but he's not. Are you going to risk harming your best friend and companion, just because you're an stubborn ass?"

Kiba hesitated, looking at his companion. He didn't want Akamaru getting hurt, he was being stubborn just because Naruto was. He eyed the other white dog. Over the past few weeks they had training and other things, the two had had very little time around each other without them there. Kiba's father had died on a mission when he was just a baby, he had no memory of him and had never had a chance to know him, he would have jumped at the chance to. Could he keep Akamaru from having that same chance?

No, he couldn't. So he turned back to the other three males and grunted "let's go."

Even with the mask, getting through the gas was difficult for him, making him glad he had made his decision what it is. But soon they reached the inner chamber.

Naruto immediately lead the two to an table, showing them the papers there, murmuring something about the fox having "studied chemistry through his mother."

Kiba glared at the two brothers seated near the bookshelf, the youngest glaring back with even more hate.

Kiba frowned when his eyes suddenly went out of focus and the image before him changed. Instead of the two last Uchiha, he saw the oldest and an delicate beautiful young woman. Her hair was long and silky, flowing down her back like a waterfall. She had the signature features-black hair and eyes and pale skin, but she was the most delicate and fragile thing he had ever seen. She looked like she would break apart the minute he touched her. Emotions swelled up in him, protectiveness, the urge to care for and guide her, love, everything an alpha might feel for his pack.

However the love he felt for her wasn't the type of sexual or crush love he THOUGHT he felt for Hinata, instead it was more what a brother felt for his sister, or rather an dog felt for an pack member.

Was this.....was he seeing Yuri Uchiha inside Sasuke? Was this a memory superimposing itself over life? Why him? The jutsu used was supposed to prevent them even believing in the twins existence, yet he was seeing a memory? But why only him, no one else?

Was it because he had been so close to them when he was younger? Did that connection protect him to an extent somehow? He must have trained with Mikomi many times in the past, they would have been exposed to each others chakra, Mikomi was the clan heads daughter.....

He was jerked out his thoughts by another 'vision'. While he was thinking his eyes had wandered to the oldest Uchiha and their eyes locked.

Immediately everything around them changed.

Instead of an sparsely lit cave he was in-front of the head clan's house, standing outside and slightly to the side, watching the eldest Uchiha-barely an teen himself-strapping on his sword to his back. He was wearing his ANBU uniform.

The beautiful girl stood in front of him, pleading voice sweet and lilting "Do you have to go, oni-san? I'm scared, father has been looking at us funny lately, smirking when he thinks I'm not looking. I think he's gonna hurt me."

"I have no choice, Little Lily. This is a mission straight from the Hokage himself. I can't refuse."

"But..." she started to plead, only for another voice to speak from beside him "Aw Yu', let ani go, you know 'Ba and I can protect you from that old creep."

Spinning he found...."Miki" the word slipped out before he could censor it. There stood the other twin, his supposed best friend and childhood companion before Akamaru came into his life, Uchiha arrogance flowing from her stance and smirk. It painfully reminded of the other male Uchiha in their academy days.

The vision wavered and he saw the current oldest Uchiha's eyes widened at his whispered wordname, everything tilting crazily around, barely aware of him stumbling, about to fall.

Everything went topsy-turvy and before he knew it he had been caught in a pair of strong arms. A concerned voice spoke out, coming closer to them "what happened, Itachi?"

"He just stared at him, said something and started to faint" this was the younger Uchiha's snort.

"It wasn't just that" the oldest said, his voice tinged by awe "he looked like he was seeing something we couldn't, spoke, THEN started to fall. But what he said....."

"What was it?"

"Miki. It was both his and Yuri's nickname for her sister. He and Mikomi called her..."

"Yu" Kiba managed to mumble.

"You mean....he REMEMBERED something?!"

"It's the only explanation" the oldest Uchiha's voice was filled with hope "Inuzuka, what did you see" his last five words were firm.

"You, leaving on a mission for the Hokage. Yuri begging you to stay. She was scared of your father. Mikomi said she and I would protect her."

"That was the day she was killed and the jutsu used" Itachi's voice was choked with emotion "but HOW could you possibly remember? Father wiped away everyone's memories of them. Why are you different?"

"There is two possibilities there" Naruto said "the first is your father wasn't able to wipe people's memories. Memories are part of who a person is-their soul. You may be able to change a persons personality or behavior, but memories can't be removed only buried or temporarily replaced, they are still there. Something in Kiba's make-up, maybe his dog side, is overriding that replacement . I don't know if it's an perminate thing, but it IS happening."

"And the second?"

"There is something you should know about the Jubi, 'demons', and why I told you to look for anything regarding youki." He quickly recapped all the group had learnt that night of Kumara's release.

"So not only is the demons really creatures of nature-an race bordering extinction, but HE is the Kyuubi."

"Yes."

"And you think that explains...what?"

"The scrolls we read, about the dog brothers. The guy this place hid. This is the proof they existed. More than that, Kumara was the adopted son of that younger dog brother."

"So? What does that have to do with...." The younger Uchiha started only for his brother to interrupt "so they were the ones who ended the one who stayed here. Naraku you said. And why you contacted them, not the Hokage."

"Yes. They fought the guy for a little more than three years, they'd know how he thinks."

"And why are the Inuzuka and HIM here as well? What does they have to do with it?"

"Kiba invited himself, but he may as well be here too. It affects him as well."

"How so?"

"It has to do with the second reason and why he may be remembering now. You see when both of the dog brothers died later on-MUCH LATER on-their souls were connected. In reality Kiba's soul is a couple of hundred, maybe a thousand years old. Both their souls are constantly being reborn over and over again. Lately he's been getting flashbacks of a sort, feelings mostly. It may be that his soul is burning through that block-interpreting it another block on of his past life. Even half human, his first life was very powerful in his own way. Their father WAS one of the most powerful of his race."

"So Kiba is....."

"The reincarnation of the second son, the half dog-youki, the enemy of this guy and Kumara's adopted father. And THIS......" Kiba sensed motion "is his brother, the Lord."

Kiba heard all this from the cloud of his mind and for some reason this made him mad. He struggled out of the fog and the arms that supported him with an snarl of "let me go!"

Before anyone could speak he had spun on the other "so you just think you can turn up here, after all this time, and I'd be waiting with open arms for you! You think you can just appear here, intending to take me away from everything and everyone, and I'll just willingly come like an little bitch at your command! I worked hard to become an ninja!"

When Naruto tried to interrupt with his name, the Inuzuka turned on him "STAY OUT OF THIS!!! IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!!" Before he was turned back on the other "I don't know what you planned to do, but I'm having none of it!"

Something occurred to him and his eyes narrowed "if you claim me again, you get to be restored, don't you." When the other nodded without a word, the dog oriented ninja made a sound of pure anger and frustration, punched him in the face and stormed off.

Stunned by the blow and the fact he had hit him, the Kage let him go, blinking against the pain and the stun of the impact.

Naruto sighed "are you going to go after him?"

The man blinked "he doesn't want to be with me" he said in an sad pained voice "he has his own life without me."

Naruto sighed again, pinching the bridge of his nose in an gesture reminiscent of Iruka on a bad day "he wants you to go after him. Here's your chance to become part of him-so to speak. His memories are jumbled, seeing the past and the twins when he shouldn't has rattled him up and somehow or for some reason that's brought up feelings and maybe memories from your lives together. If you go after him now, soothe him, be there for him in his confusion, you can remind him of the good of your lives together. Besides” he grinned at the other, holding something out “the idiot forgot his mask.”

The other looked at him solemnly for a few minutes, then nearly snatched the mask, turned and left them.

Naruto grinned widely after him. He had his mates and any future mates to come. He’d be damned if he wouldn’t make sure his fellow ex-classmates were happy. The chance to tease the everloving **** out of the dog-boy wouldn’t hurt either.

The next thing they knew, there was the sound of arguing, correction, someone yelling.

Itachi looked at him as if to say ‘and THIS is your help?’ Sasuke snorted-whether in derision or humor he couldn’t tell but Itachi caught his attention. He looked to Kumara “you are....WERE the nine tailed fox.” The daiyouki nodded.

“You were a member of this...pack the creature who occupied this place was aiming at.”

Again Kumara nodded.

“Then you would know how this man thinks. Where he would hide such a thing.”

Kumara shook his head “not me. At the time I was only a child, an Daiyouki yes, but still a child. That information is locked in either my adopted father’s lost memories, or his mates.”

“I’d say Kiba’s” Naruto said “after all, your group knew that bastard WAY better than his brother did.”

Kumara looked at him “but with his memories locked away, we have NO chance of knowing that, or even figuring it out.”

Sasuke frowned “you can’t make him remember? Help in some way?” Naruto opened his mouth to speak but Itachi spoke “Sasuke can.”

The group looked at him “How?”

“He has my eye, the Tsukuyomi.”

Naruto blinked, opened his mouth, closed it and frowned “but it....you...”

“I’d hate to admit it, but he may be right" Kumara said “it’s a huge risk, so many things could go wrong. But it may be our only hope. If Sasuke can use the genjutsu to jerk the memory free enough to allow him to remember...."

And what happens to Kiba? The condition if his return was not to be influenced into remembering. You guys want to do just that. If you 'go into his head' so to speak and force his past lives memories out you could very well either drive him insane from the flood-that's the memories of thousands of years and who knows how many lives-or do exactly what we don't want, enact the curse and doom them both" he explained about their souls being connected and what might happen.

"So on one hand we MIGHT find the scrolls and could awaken his soul fully, restoring Sasuke and the strongest Daiyouki to his former glory and help them become an couple once again. On the other hand the stress and drawback of hundreds of years of memories will either kill or mentally destroy Kiba Inuzuka, dooming his mate to further centuries of wandering the nations alone and tormented by his own memories, living life after life after life knowing it would just continue without end. Even killing himself won't work, because he'll just be born to do it all over again. Sasuke will remain the same until the day he dies."

The youngest Uchiha frowned at his brother "would that really be so bad?"

Itachi looked at his brother straight in the eyes "I love you either way, Sasuke, but you weren't born this way. You NEED to be restored, you DESERVE to be whole again and have the life our father's selfish actions took from you."

“I think you’re forgetting something” Kumara said “even if we COULD persuade Kiba to allow the reawakening of his past memories, there is one of us who will flatly refuse to allow it. He won’t want to risk it, the chance of loosing his mate and dooming himself.”

“That’s Kiba’s decision though.”

“You and I know that, but he is older and more dominate.”

“What about the Yamanaka? Ino or her father?” Naruto suggested “they are experienced with handling memories and people’s minds. They should be able to go through his memories and find something useful without forcing them to surface. His past memories should only be awakened fully if and when they are ready.”

“I don’t think there is time.”

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So-what do you think they'll do, or choose?

Sorry I haven't submitted lately but I've been inspired to write an proper NarutoInuyasha crossover. It takes place just before the Last Movie. Here's a sneak peak:

Power blazed around the blondes entire form, cracking the ground under his feet, a cloak of thick red that gave the appearance of ears and tails waving behind him. The group gasped, shocked by what they saw, even Inuyasha, the boy standing in front of him where he was sprawled on the ground, shielding him from his brother. He gripped his sword, shocked by someone he barely met willing to step forward and protect him, him, an half-breed.

“I told you he was fox!” Shippou yelled triumphantly, sweat-dropping when when the others glared at him.

“Do you know what I hate about people like you? It’s the sense of privilege that makes them think everyone lives to serve them, that they have to just look at something and it immediately belongs to them, that they can get everything they want just because of who they are. MY FATHER was the leader of our village, a Lord in every sense, not just because our people revered him, but his clan was that powerful. MY MOTHER was the last of a line with huge power reserves, a princess of a village know for it’s power and beauty. I may be THEIR child, but I’m nothing like you. You’re nothing but a spoiled little brat throwing a tantrum every time your denied.”

“Who do you think you’re taking to, half-breed.”

The grin the boy gave was a mix of an grimace and an ‘evil’ smirk. “Spoken like a true spoiled brat. The sword isn’t yours, you’re not getting it. Inuyasha isn’t yours-even to kill-you’re not getting him. This time you’re not getting what you want.” The power jumped up a notch.

Shippou blinked “that’s a.......” his eyes widened nearly all the way and he sat forward on his hands, head raised like he was sniffing and tail raised into the air high. Altogether he looked like a fox on the hunt-or scenting danger.

“Shippou?!” they questioned, concerned about his reaction.

“That energy, I haven’t sensed it for a LOONNGG time, but I KNOW it, I remember it. But WHERE?!” he looked intense, as if trying to remember, thinking hard, his little nose sniffing frantically, eyes intense.

Suddenly his expression changed dramatically, shock and disbelief "U.....uncle Kumara?!"

The blonde's eyes flicked to him, the whisker marks thickened and the deep blue eyes now violet. But there was something in them, something they KNEW, something more than the blonde young man, something old andor wise beyond the young man's form.

Their eyes widened. Shippou was right, the blonde was somehow his uncle but not at the same time. He was an human of-if his previous words were to believed-high born heritage, but possessed the spirit and soul of Shippou's dead uncle. But if he really was all he had just claimed, why the abusive childhood? Had everything he told them been just a lie, or was he lying NOW? Or was it both? Was it possible he had been taken from his family as a child and left to run the streets, an orphan, abused and mistreated? Or had he been abused BECAUSE his fathers people knew about the fox spirit inside him, or worse, his family had either died or been murdered and his people blamed him?

The eyes flickered to them as if sensing their thoughts and as they watched his body and stance changed. His entire body was enveloped by the thick red cloud of power and when it finally cleared he had so obviously changed. Standing in his spot was an young man-a youki as beautiful as Sesshomaru himself-even more so by the obvious humanity making his youkihuman seem all the more powerful but also fragile. He seemed the perfect combination of the young man they had been getting to know and youki high-born lord.

His hair was all the way down to his tail-bone instead of short, blonde with red threaded through in natural looking highlights. Eyes were purple and the cheeks were decorated by the six lines of whiskers which were now darker-black and laying against the face like natural hair.

His ears, while tapered up and pointed like the elfin ears of an diayouki, seemed more rounded than theirs.

His fingers were long and elegant, nails tappered off to sharp points like the dog-youki, resembling claws, but his shone black, making them seem somehow more like the claws they resembled.

He was built like the diayouki, only slightly more muscular, wearing almost identical to the lord, except instead of white he had red-a red only slightly darker than Inuyasha's Firerat clothes. However instead of the red honeycomb pattern HE had green leaves identical to Shippou shirt.

His obi was black edged with red thread, the entire outfit looked sown in orange thread except for it. Perhaps as a show of commadary towards the young man he inhabited.

Instead of the boots Sesshomaru wore, he bore black ANBU combat boots, armored in places and raised slightly to offer a range of hidden compartment seals with everything from hidden blades to metal plates to reinforce the force of the blows. If he tapped the toes or heel of his boots in a certain way, a trigger was activated, allowing an hidden blade to pop out of either the front or back, allowing a kick to become that much more deadly.

Instead of the chest plate Sesshomaru wore, the figure had an vest similar to the one wore by the jounin of Hidden Leaf, but thinner and with the pockets hidden, appearing as just an scrap of cloth. In reality it was instead chainmail of Firerat AND youki spider silk woven in an strange way, the 'chains' made of woven hair from the both together in a way never seen before and SHOULD be impossible to produce.

The outfit underneath resembled an more expensive and detailed get up than Sesshomaru's, as if proving he was more high-born than him.

The last rub was the thicker more luxurious fur laying over his both shoulders, redorange with black edging the end.

His tail, or tails, they realized.

As they watched the figure raised his elegant hands and placed them in an strange position, there was a surge of brief power and a cloud of smoke appeared by his side.

When it cleared there stood the same young man they had been getting to know, except he wore different clothes than before, both in his normal looks and the new form. Instead of the orange tracksuit or red leafed get up, he wore an long coat of red etched in orange flames on the base where it hung around his ankles and the cuffs of the sleeves.

Under that he wore black, black pants and shirt, an small pack strapped to the outside of each thigh. His shoes were tough leather, sandles-ninja sandles.

But most surprising was his arm, the right. It was metal. Whether it was an skin-tight glove or truly metal the feudal era natives weren't sure, but Kagome's eyes widened in shock and horror. SHE was positive it was an artificial limb, an replacement except it seemed WAY more advanced than anything from her time. Her time was only just experimenting in artificial WORKING replacement limbs, but the one he bore-if what they had witnessed over the last few weeks was anything to go by-was fully functional and replaced the limb with no problems. It seemed in every way exactly the same as his normal limb.

But why did he have it? How did he get it? Who made it? Whoever had was an genius.

Was it possible to get the design from him so her time could create them? So many people in her time, stuck with missing limbs or simple things that barely work-barely walk or can't function like they used to-would be able to have working limbs again, able to walk or run or pick things up....the amount of people it would help.....

The boy turned and walked to Inuyasha, holding his hand out to help him up "come-on, we can't hang around here."

The hanyou frowned as he accepted the hand that pulled him to his feet, sensing the urgency "why?"

"Because you don't want to see what happens when two Diayouki fight" he answered, smiling at Shippou "especially when one has nine tails."

Shippou's eyes lit up "uncle Kumara has nine tails!" Then as if realizing it he seemed to deflate "oh."

The boy smiled at him "don't worry, he's still here for you now." The frown deepened "let's go now, I'll explain along the way."

Before they could move, Sesshomaru had, sword drawn he flashed forward, towards his half-brother. There was a gasp, ring of metal, as the weapon was stopped short by the young man's arm, raised in the air above his head to block the sword blow, the metal glowing slightly.

Under the arm the blonde's eyes glowed and he growled "now THAT was cowardly" and with one shove pushed the diayouki off him so hard he was thrown a distance away from them.

The fox demon next to him seemed amused by this.

Sesshomaru growled at the young man once he had landed properly and righted himself "that arm is NOT normal."

The blonde laughed "you mean OTHER than the fact it is metal, not flesh. No it is not. I lost my arm during a great war in our land. THIS one is not only artificial it is made from an rare metal where we come from. It works just like an normal flesh arm does, but is enhanced so I can use my chakra-what you call yoki-to make it stronger or even change it's shape so I can defend myself...."

As they watched the metal on the back of the wrist glowed, producing an set of long blades that slid down past the hand and fingers, resembling an set of katana blades.

He moved his arm around, letting them hear the hum in the air before the blades slid back into place again-leaving an normal metal arm.

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed and the group just KNEW what he was thinking, it uses yoki to work, if he could......

The blonde laughed at him "you wouldn't be able to use it, even if you COULD take it from me! There is only two of these in existence and BOTH are made in such a way that only the bearer can use them. They are tuned in to OUR signature, OUR chakra, no one else could make them work."

He frowned at the dog demon "maybe, just MAYBE if you were an allie and I could get home, I might of asked the maker to gift you with one, but too late, asshole."

The dog demon growled "then you are no use to me" and the fox demon blocked the next blow from the furious Lord. He rolled his eyes then looked to the boy "think it's time you all left. This is going to get messy pretty fast."

"Yeap" the blonde answered, scooping Shippou up and looking to them "let's go."

Sensing the primal change in power in the air, Inuyasha didn't hesitate to snatch Kagome up and swing her on his back while Kirara let Sango shove the monk on and climb up behind him.

They were off as fast as they could travel and were shocked to find the blonde not only kept pace but seemed to have no problems traveling in the same method as Inuyasha. Only while Inuyasha bounded from tree to tree on powerful legs, experience letting him instinctively recognize the studious of branches, the boy seemed to stick to the tree with pure power and then use it to propel him forward towards the next.

There was something strange though about how he was moving. It wasn't just like he was using his power to stick to trees and then propel himself forward. As he was moving forward his energy seemed to reach out ahead of him to the next tree, coaxing, almost like he was asking it permission to land there and when he launched from one to the next it was as if the tree was helping him push off.

His energy seemed to encompass the entire area, soothing and almost a part of it in a way none of them had ever experienced before. Kirara growled low in her throat, almost a purr of pure enjoyment, Inuyasha frowned, concerned about the way his youki seemed to be soothed to sleep inside him, even Shippou, clutched to the young man's chest, snuggled up and went to sleep.

Even the humans felt it.

What concerned Inuyasha most though was before his demon side slept it growled in his head the same way Kirara had, followed by two words "earth-child."

He wasn't dumb, he KNEW what they were, he had known since he can ever remember, they were the only creature-including his own pack-he had EVER trusted fully at first-sight. And why not, not a single one had ever proven unworthy. One just before his meeting Kikyo had even given their life selflessly for him.

He could sense them easily, after all, his mother had been one and her blood ran in his veins, giving him an connection-however weak-to nature.

But what concerned him was why he was sensing it now. The young man had been traveling with them months and not once had he sensed an inkling of this type of energy. Sure, he had briefly sensed the fox through him, leading him, and the others, to believe he was hanyou-just good at hiding it-but never this.

Could....could the fox inside him have been repressing it to protect him? After all, he would know what would happen to him in their world. How male earth children were unique and could bear an youki-dia or otherwise-full blooded children despite their human blood, children that shared their 'mothers' connection to the world around them. Those children were extremely powerful and sort after.

No wonder Naraku had wanted him so badly. If he could absorb such a child into him....The hanyou shuddered.

The connection was the reason Inuyasha was half of both, but had the inborn strength and youki of an full-blood, his mother was female but still bore their blood.

What if.....what if the blonde was born in their world and the fox was his destined mate? What if something had happened and Shippou's uncle had sacrificed his body to send the blonde to another time in order to protect and save him. Because they were mates his soul had been pulled with it, becoming part of him.

Somehow in this new time the two had found a way to grant the fox a new body-at least temporarily. Without the fox in his body at the moment, there was no one to repress the sense of earth energy.

Why was it so huge though? Inuyasha could sense it reaching out further, touching everything around them for miles and still going. He had the feeling it could encompass the entire planet if given a chance.

How could an earth-child, someone HUMAN be born with and hold such an huge power? How did he possibly contain it? Or was that it, what if he didn't but the daiyouki did. This thought worried him. The young man was an earth-child and both he and his demon instinctively and immediately trusted him. What if being separated from the daiyouki caused him to....burn out with power?

He dropped back just far enough to be running even with him "hey kid, you're an earth-child, aren't ya?"

Kagome gasped and the other three dropped back as well to listen in "Inuyasha! Does that mean...?"

"Yeah" he nodded, remembering he had told her all about them once.

"Well?" He looked at him "you are, aren't you?"

The blonde shrugged casually, trying not to wake Shippou "that's what Kumara calls me."

Songo gasped in shock and surprise while Miroku frowned "what is an earth-child?" Songo looked back at him "you've never heard of them before? I thought as a monk....."

The young man shook his head "at least nothing called that. We may know it by a different name. Tell me about them."

"They are extremely rare now, I've only met about three in my lifetime and NONE since Kagome released me from Kikyo's arrow, but youki fight over them if they are found, ESPECIALLY the males."

"Why?"

"Have you ever met someone, someone almost ethereally beautiful, who seems to shine like an angel. They feel pure, a part of nature and the world around you in a way you've never known before and your first feeling is this is someone to protect and trust with your very life, and this is on first meeting or just a glance."

Miroku thought for a full long minute before nodding "twice. Once in a village I was exorcising and once on the street. She just walked past me and smiled" the awed look on his face said at that time, asking an beautiful woman to bare his child was far from his mind. "I never saw either again" he looked up at them "the one in the village was male. The other villages doted on him and protected him fiercely, I only saw him passing a hut, and I was nearly chased out just for that. At the time I thought he was a lord or rich client the villages were protecting as an money-source...."

His face was deep in thought "but it wasn't like that, was it."

The demon slayer and hanyou shook their heads "earth-children are gifted in using the energy of nature, because they ARE nature. Humans are too to an lesser degree which is why we get the feelings, the overwhelming urge to care for and protect them. It's like caring for and nurturing a part of yourself. The fact they are so rare only strengthens that. I don't know why the daiyouki are after them so desperately."

Inuyasha sighed "because they are the only beings where not only can the males conceive and give birth like an woman, but give birth to pure-breed children."

His pack looked at him "what do you mean?"

"I mean any daiyouki who could claim an male earth-child could repopulate his entire clan with full breed children from him, females too supposedly but the only female I even knew about had an half breed, so maybe it's just males."

"You mean that there is no human blood or side in them?" Kagome asked and when he nodded she asked another "so if say Sesshomaru was to have sex with him, all their children would be full blooded dog demons?" Both Inuyasha and the blonde nodded and shuddered, but for different reasons. Inuyasha in disgust, the blonde in horror "why do you think Kumara was repressing it?"

Inuyasha went on "not just that, the children will inherit their 'mothers' connection to nature."

"You mean THEY will be earth children as well?"

"No, just have a connection to nature" he turned to look at the blonde "that's why you can use that arm, isn't it. Your connection allows you to manipulate the metal." He looked at his pack "metal is an element of nature-so he could manipulate it."

The blonde shrugged, looked thoughtful, then nodded.

Kirara growled something and Inuyasha translated "how are you so powerful? Neither of us have EVER met one so strong before. Usually there is just a slight tingle of power around them, only an youki, hanyou or someone like the monk would be able to sense it. But you're blazing with it. It's like you're pure nature..." he sneezed "it's messing with my senses."

"Sorry" he visibly fought with himself to pull the power back in. It took him an full minute, obviously not used to repressing or controlling it. Once done he smiled sheepishly, one arm back so he could rub the back of his neck "my godfather was trying to teach me to control it, but at the time I was an stubborn ass who only wanted to do cool things" he suddenly looked sad "it took an enemy killing him before I was willing to learn."

"Your godfather knew what you were?"

"Sort of" he answered "Kumara couldn't completely repress what I was, so since Jiriaya was an sage, he sensed that. He thought I was one too and wanted to train me as his successor. Unfortunately I wasn't the same, but I DID learn some interesting things from him" his face went dark and he grumbled "that's when he WOULD bother, too busy perving most of the time."

All eyes went to Miroku who looked alarmed and confused "what?"

"At least old-man toad and the others took over after his death."

"Youki took over after him?" The boy looked uncomfortable "um actually no, not Youki, summons."

"Summons?"

"Yeah. They are kinda like an mix between youki and animals. They have a lot in common with Kirara, but that's as close an compare as I can get. Think animals with an youki intelligence-or even daiyouki. You can call them to your side whenever you need them, battle, medical emergency or just to talk. They range from frogs, toads, snakes and even dogs or cats, anything really. Each summon race have their own beliefs and religion. They can think, reason, strategize, act on their own. Some clans where I come from even have their own race only they can use, the Uchiha's had cats and crows, Hatake had dogs, so on."

An idea lit up his face and he stopped momentarily on the next branch, biting his finger to draw blood. "What are you doing?" they asked.

"It's an blood contract to summon, for the summoners life" he answered before slamming his hand down on the branch with a cry of "Shiro summons jutsu!"

Before they could further question there was an large puff of smoke and the blonde quickly stepped back.

As they watched the smoke slowly cleared to reveal an sleek red shape.

An fox, an red fox with black tipping the ears and tails as we'll as spotting the paws. But it wasn't the same size as an regular fox. Despite the long sleek body it would have been as tall as an human if it stood on its hide legs, as it was on all fours it was as high as the blonde's knee.

"This is Shiro, she was kinda my babysitter when I was young. The foxes are Kumara's summons."

"Greetings" the voice that came from that muzzle was sweet and kind.

The group just looked at it in shock, Kagome muttering "impossible."

The fox eyed them briefly before looking back at the young man "greetings, fledgling."

"Hi Shiro. Meet Monk Miroku, Slayer Songo, Miko Kagome, Kirara, Songo's companion and Inuyasha their alpha and protector."

The fox gracefully bowed its head in turn to each-Kirara returning the gesture-which lead the other to follow.

The fox checked the young man out critically "and who is this kit? Have you finally settled down with a mate?"

The boy choked on an laugh "hell no, Shiro! This is Shippou, he's Kumara's nephew. I guess that makes him mine as well."

"Ah" she said softly "forgive the assumption, the Great Fox and the rest of us have been waiting-somewhat impatiently-for you to have kits. Inari and the others are impatient to be summoned again."

"I might summon them later and let them run around, it's been ages since I let the kits out to play. But now's not the time, neither was earlier. So much has happened."

"I see that" the fox nodded at his arm, leading them to believe when she last saw him he had both arms. Then her delicate head raised and she scented the air "I sense Kumara and another fighting. That I assume is the danger right now?"

"Yeah Shiro, here, can you take Shippou for me? It would help, I may need to go back at some point. You know how he gets when he's fighting like this, as much as I don't want to, I may have to stop him from killing the ass."

"Why? Why would you interfere in your other's battle?"

"Because as much as the spoiled little prick deserves being punished for what he's done, he doesn't deserve death. Just.....kick his ass around and beat him up some. Teach him everyone in the world has a better and he's not a god. Don't you agree, Inuyasha?"

"Humph" the half-breed grunted "as long as someone teaches him an lesson, I don't care what happens to Sesshomaru."

The fox blinked at him "did you say Sesshomaru?"

"Yeah, do you know about that prick of an brother of mine?"

"Brother?" the female looked at him long and hard "you're a son of Inutashio? Why hasn't he taken him to heel yet? He's the pack alpha."

"The old man died the day I was born saving my mom and I. Sesshomaru took over and cast us out."

"Yeah! Kagome spat out "ever since Inuyasha was a child he keeps picking on him, beating him up every time he sees him! He keeps saying he will kill him one day."

The fox looked sorrowful "I am sorry, fledgling. I knew your sire, if he was alive, I know he would have accepted you as his own and loved you and protected you. Sesshomaru would have been put in his place long before this." She looked at the blonde "he is so much like you."

"Yeah" the blonde said softly, the same pain in him as in Inuyasha those rare times he mentioned his mother.

He seemed to shake himself out of it and went to place the fox youki kit onto the other foxes back. Shippou seemed to sense his intent even in his sleep because he moaned a protest and his little clawed hands and feet latched harder in his holders shirt, refusing to let go.

The blonde looked helplessly to the fox who snorted in amusement and padded forward. Rubbing her wet into the boy's side she let out an low growl of comfort, followed by an series of yips and what could only be described as yowls.

Immediately the child answered the same way, turning in the blondes grip to latch to the fox, allowing Naruto to place him on the foxes back, little pawed hands and feet gripping on instinctively, giving a couple of low happy noises before he was fully asleep again.

The female fox looked back enough to lick the boy's cheek a few times before sighing "no child should be alone-ever" and looking long and hard at the blonde in double meaning.

"He's not alone!" Kagome protested "he has us! WE protect and care for him!"

"You are humans" she said bluntly "not his own kind. And you are an inu" she looked at the silver haired hanyou "none of you can compare to an real kitsune family. Yes, you can protect and care for him, but none of you can fully understand him, or will soon. He is fox, he NEEDS a fox to raise him, teach him. Why do you think he's latched to Naruto here so fast, so completely? It's not because he's an earth-child or he's the vessel to Kumara's soul and power, it's because he's fox. Growing up with a fox inside you and practically raised by them doesn't make you human, you know, besides, he will far outlive you all, and how easy do you think it is for him, knowing he'll live past your deaths as young as he is" she blinked at the other youki in the group "except for maybe HER."

"We should get moving again" the blonde said.

The group moved off again and to their surprise the fox kept up as easily as the blonde, leaping fluidly from one branch to another with the innate grace and beauty of her kind, but also something magical, not once disturbing the burden on her back or even jostling him in the slightest, leaving them in awe.

As they moved Inuyasha continued to question the young man "you still haven't told us what makes you so powerful."

"Ah, that's my parents. My father was also a sage like my godfather. He was powerful and beloved by our village, seen as a war-hero and practically won the war before I was born. Our village was one of the biggest more powerful of the nine major ones, and my father ruled for years."

The fox itself spoke out "Konohagake No Sato-or The Village Hidden In The Leaves-has always been ruled by their most powerful of the ninja forces since it's founding a little more than 200 years ago. The first two rulers were brothers after it was founded, they were related to Naruto distantly. The third was a man named Hiruzen Satarobi who ruled for quiet some time before retiring so Naruto's father-Minato Nazamiake-could take over. When he died in battle the night Naruto was born, Hiruzen came out of retirement to take his place. When Hiruzen was killed by an former pupil in battle, Naruto personally went to drag back to the village the fifth-a woman named Tsunade. She was the granddaughter of the first. She also kind of adopted Naruto as a little brother during her rule. Her teammate-an pervert called Jiriaya-was the man who trained Naruto's father, and them him. The sixth and current is Naruto's sensei, Kakashi Hatake."

They realized the connection between the two. If this man trained the blonde's father and he was a sage, that means his father was ALSO a sage. Meaning that's how he was born an earth-child. The man's connection to nature must have opened the young man to those energies, changing or influencing him. It also explained why the man thought he was also capable of becoming an sage, his father was one and he bore an connection to nature.

But why the huge power stores?

"His mother was an Uzumaki, an clan very little is or was known about before their downfall long before Naruto or even his mother was born. All really that was known about them was the trademark red hair of their entire clan, there was only a few left scattered throughout the lands, A LOT of clans had at least a minor amount of their blood in their lines and that those few full-bloods left had huge power stores inside them, a capability to contain an huge power level, but not necessarily use. It is THIS capability that allows Naruto to store and contain Kumara safely. No one else could without being burned out from the inside out."

THIS must be why he could hold such power as an earth-child, they realized. His mothers line meant he could hold an massive amount of earth energy. When he contained Kumara, his body was constantly focusing it on the youki, but now that he was separate-well it explained earlier-there was nowhere for it to go but out.

It also explained the connection between the two past host and spirit. Somehow during the years together of constantly bombarding the fox with his energy and connection to nature, the fox had adapted to it, essentially becoming an youki version of an earth-child while the young man absorbed part of his youki, explaining why they had sensed him as an hanyou when they met and HADN'T sensed the.....other part.

Meaning now the two were so inter-meshed into each other they could never be separated. It would mean their deaths. It also explained the clone body, it was created by earth and youki.
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